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As we reported earlier today, OFCCP has announced proposed regulations to satisfy President Obama’s mandate that contractors submit detailed pay data.    The NPRM will be officially published in the Federal Register this Friday with a 90 day public comment period after that.

As proposed, the data collection tool, called the Equal Pay Report (EPR) in…

As OFCCP tries to find new ways to attack the “pay gap,” the Agency is focused increasingly on novel and creative methods to uncover alleged pay discrimination.  These “outside the box” investigations look beyond simply pay decisions (starting salary and pay adjustments) and instead examine employee selection processes – such as hiring decisions – and…

Earlier this week, OFCCP delivered to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposed regulations implementing the President’s recent Executive Order 13665 prohibiting employers from retaliating against employees for discussing their pay.  A White House Fact Sheet provides more information on how the proposed regulations fit into the President’s pay initiatives.

After OMB reviews (and…

Jackson Lewis has learned the following about the latest round of OFCCP Courtesy Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSALs).

On July 16, 2014 OFCCP sent out a wave of CSALs giving employers advance notice about impending OFCCP compliance reviews.

The latest CSAL wave included:

  •  568 employers
  • 1,507 establishments
  • 23 industries
  • 30 Corporate Management Compliance Evaluations (CMCEs) were

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We have learned that OFCCP has sent out a new wave of advance audit notification letters giving employers a “heads up” about upcoming compliance reviews.  It appears the letters were sent yesterday.

Like the last round of CSALs, OFCCP sent the letters to the local facility to be audited with no additional notification to Corporate.…